overlook
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The review did not overlook the 2023 research.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
For industry veteran Karen Baker Landers, the decline in local post-production work is impossible to overlook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
During his time living at the home, Evans has created multiple outdoor spaces from where the views can be enjoyed, including a secluded paved patio with deck chairs that overlook the city below.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
They are astonishingly adaptable and, perhaps for exactly that reason, easy to overlook.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
She moves away from the window and lies down on the floor of the overlook.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
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A mile-long boardwalk overlooks the beach, as does the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, which has its own popular blufftop trail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Mao's face is printed on banknotes, his portrait overlooks Tiananmen Square, and his body is preserved in a mausoleum.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The property also boasts 740 square feet of decking—and a large swimming pool that overlooks the ocean.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Amanda, whose home overlooks the site, said her biggest concern was "the noise, the visual impact and whether it will affect house prices" in her local area.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
I flip over one of the baskets, drag it over to where the road overlooks the river, and sit down on it.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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“He was driven to create a space that would showcase the brilliant illustrators that he thought were too often overlooked and ignored,” Hobson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
New research led by UC Riverside suggests that a simple but overlooked process may help explain the difference: individual pieces of ice repeatedly collide with one another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
The club's training centre is also expected to support research into female athlete health, an area Kang believes has been overlooked for decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But the report also uncovered something that had been overlooked: Many sailors spent their downtime on phones instead of studying for qualifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
His single, undead eye most certainly would have overlooked the flash of white fur.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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He hears them when walking through a nearby park overlooking Long Island Sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Mendocino, dominated by Victorian and New England-style saltbox houses, is built on bluffs overlooking the Pacific and surrounded by dramatic coast and forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from Ma'ale Adumim - an existing Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, overlooking Israel's proposed E1 site.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
We arrived at Orikum and sat down for a caffè freddo at a café overlooking the sea.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
From the rear of the court a stair sloped above them to a single high room overlooking the street.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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